Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-22

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graph below shows the perceived danger and actual likelihood of being a victim of crime.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Perceived and actual likelihood of being a victim of crime: by crime type

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The bar graphy illustrate the perceived danger and actual likelihood of being a victim of crime.

Overall, the car crime group showed the higest percentage around both yars 2009 to 2010 compaired to other. Nowadays theres not a single person who has not been a victim of crime.

In 2009, the perceived reports says that the car crime was 21% whereas the actual report says that it was about 4.5%. Furthermore, the burglary was perceived to be around 16% however it was 2%. Same goes for violent crime which was 15% but the actual was 3%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the chart’s subject and report several relevant 2009/10 comparisons, including car crime at 21% perceived versus about 4.5% actual, and lower actual figures for burglary and violent crime. However, the response addresses the task only minimally: it omits all 2010/11 data and gives no meaningful comparison of changes between the two years. The claim that “theres not a single person who has not been a victim of crime” is unsupported by the chart and does not belong in an objective summary. The response is also 84 words, below the required 150 words; 12 words copied from the prompt were not counted. Include a clear overview and select key comparisons from both years.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some basic organisation: an opening sentence is followed by an overview-like statement and then figures for 2009/10. Connectors such as “Overall,” “Furthermore,” and “Same goes for” show an attempt to link ideas. However, the progression is incomplete because the response stops after the first year, and the unsupported generalisation about everyone being a crime victim interrupts the chart summary. The final paragraph also lists figures without clearly grouping perceived and actual rates across all categories. Use a more deliberate sequence—overview, then comparisons by year or crime type—and use precise links such as “By contrast” to clarify relationships.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant chart vocabulary, including “perceived,” “actual,” “percentage,” and “victim of crime,” so the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, the range is limited and several spelling or word-choice errors are noticeable: “graphy,” “higest,” “yars,” and “compaired.” “Perceived reports” and “actual report” are also imprecise descriptions of the chart’s measures, while “Nowadays” is unsuitable for describing data from 2009/10 and 2010/11. Aim for accurate, neutral terms such as “figures,” “rates,” and “proportion,” and check spelling carefully. Avoid conversational or sweeping expressions that are not supported by the visual.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a few different sentence patterns, including a contrast with “whereas” and a clause introduced by “which,” and the main numerical comparisons remain understandable. However, the range is limited, and errors recur in sentence formation and punctuation. For example, “the perceived reports says” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “Same goes for violent crime” is an incomplete, informal sentence in this context. The sentence beginning “Overall” also joins a chart observation to a broad claim without a clear grammatical or logical connection. Practise complete sentences with accurate agreement and use a consistent past-tense frame when reporting the historical figures.

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